ORIGINAL: ChazM

Your quote:
''At one qualifier, all the participants were awarded qualifying status because the winds were blowing too hard to fly most planes without risking substantial damage...hmmm...free pass by showing up....''. Well my goodness, aren't you the rightous one.

I was there at the Woodland-Davis Qualifier you are ''sniping'' about. I Drove 450 miles - one way) to compete, others in the 300 mile range. A lot of discussion was carried on by the CD and the Chairman of Scale Masters (who was in attendance) about what to do. Another option was to award finishes by Static Scores, but the ruling made was, as you said, ''all the participants were awarded qualifying status''. My apoligies to you for having been one of those ''given a free ride'' to the Masters.
/chuck maitre